Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756423AbZDTO42 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:56:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755850AbZDTO4R (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:56:17 -0400 Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.30]:53916 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755595AbZDTO4R convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:56:17 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090420143606.4309C74804E@mail192-wa4.bigfish.com> References: <764365e7af2e476e43cd674738e51f13b306979b.1239874968.git.monstr@monstr.eu> <74c0088dfda1816c21914c0a8da0c42908526c5e.1239874968.git.monstr@monstr.eu> <20090417170707.B6C95C4004F@mail150-wa4.bigfish.com> <495563870904181941o5a66126dgb59d8cad2b7a66f2@mail.gmail.com> <1d3f23370904191603s37a6a34clccc397707394650b@mail.gmail.com> <977C41F842E66D4CB2E41332313B6150069D3D27@XSJ-EXCHVS1.xlnx.xilinx.com> <20090420143606.4309C74804E@mail192-wa4.bigfish.com> From: Grant Likely Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:48:06 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [microblaze-uclinux] [PATCH 11/11] microblaze: Kconfig: Enable drivers for Microblaze To: John Linn Cc: Stephen Neuendorffer , John Williams , microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au, linuxppc-dev , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1328 Lines: 33 On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:36 AM, John Linn wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Stephen Neuendorffer >> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 11:52 PM >> To: John Williams; microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au >> Cc: grant.likely@secretlab.ca; linuxppc-dev; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; John Linn >> Subject: RE: [microblaze-uclinux] [PATCH 11/11] microblaze: Kconfig: Enable drivers for Microblaze >> >> >> My thinking is that these drivers are likely to be used as a group, >> hence it would be nice to make it easy to get them all visible/enabled somehow. >> >> Steve > > > It seems like John's suggestion of no arch filters would satisfy that also. Since FPGAs are used in so many different applications this would seem to open the drivers up to everyone regardless of what processor they're using. It's certainly less complex so I like it in that way. > > But maybe I'm missing something here and there's a downside? No, I don't think there is. I think CONFIG_OF is the right thing to do. g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/